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Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Eejit - It's Anglo-Irish, Idiot

My guess is that eejit was uttered many a time on this day(photo by Troy Bell)

EEJIT

Noun. Dialectical. (chiefly Scots & Anglo-Irish). Late 19th century.

Idiot.

I must admit, I'm a little bit disappointed with eejit. For a word I first heard when I came to Ireland, I was expecting some ancient Irish-Celtic-Gaelicky type root. But there's not - it's just a later variation of idiot. Like nidget and nidiot. Seriously. That's all there is to it. Yup. Off you go ...

5 comments:

I think 'eejit' is nicer version. If I came up to you and said 'Ed, you're an idiot', you'd be forgiven for feeling a bit offended, but if I said 'Ah Ed, ya big eejit ya', oh how we'd chuckle with much pretend punching of arms. Oh the lols.

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